At my job we have a decent mix of Democrats and Republicans. For some reason, the Democrats can handle a calm conversation about what they agree and don't agree with but the Republican's not so much.
On election day, they walked around stating "you better have made the right choice!" To a coworkers child who came to visit and was excited he took part in his dad voting. They splash ridiculous pictures of Trump around the office.
On inauguration day, they wheeled out a big screen TV (that was a waste of company money) to broadcast the inauguration on the call center floor. Why is that a problem? Well... for one thing, we were all watching it at our desks but then pulling that out made everyone gather around and then no one was logged in to answer the phones. But the bigger issue is that they had thrown a fit last year when some people were "caught" watching videos at their desks. (In actuality the person was scrolling through Facebook, something that is allowed here, and stopped on an auto play video when a call came in and they moved to their other screen to handle the call. The worker was not sitting and watching the video but it led to a very angry email directed at me and my boss stating the Republican employee wanted to fire my direct report. Mind you we are in a completely different department and this person has no control over us.) So why is it so awful to have a video running while you're actually working, but it's ok to wheel out a huge tv and draw people away from their desks?
I get that this was a historic event, every inauguration is, and we should be paying attention. But their reason for streaming the event was to shove it in peoples faces, gloat, and be childish about it. We're at work, let's leave political opinions at home.
That being said, this is the point of my post. Today I overheard a different Republican having a conversation. To set the tone of this person's opinions I'll also tell you that they believe all Liberals should be deported and that Trump being elected was a reason to get drunk (I agree, but they were celebrating not trying to forget this is actually reality.)
What happened today was a conversation:
Coworker 1- did you go to the women's march?
Coworker in question- are you kidding me? That was such a joke! I would never be caught doing something so stupid!
*Jess, take a deep breath!*
Here's the thing- I keep hearing how women and men say the march was pointless and nothing more than whining because in America are not oppressed and how millennial's are whining and we need to get over it, grow up and move on.
I will NEVER sit down and shut up when it comes to the following:
*sexual assault (male or female)
*spousal abuse (physical, emotional, or verbal) (male or female)
*someone else having control over another person's body (meaning a woman should have the right to birth control, abortion- although I despise it **- have her tubes tied, etc...)
*rights of the LBGT community
It is not ok to objectify women. It is not ok to rape a woman EVER- she was NOT asking for it by wearing a short skirt or a low cut blouse. It is not ok to beat your wife because you had a bad day at work or manipulate her into not leaving you. It is not ok to force a woman to not have an abortion because YOUR religion says it's wrong.
Were parts of the March ridiculous?
YES! Madonna should have never mentioned blowing up the White House. Women wearing vagina and fallopian tube hats were a bit much. But it doesn't change that there was a point to this march. You may not be a pro-choice believer or a Democrat, or whatever, but guess what? If you're a human, this march was for YOU! This was to remind everyone in power, not just Trump, that we are worthy of being equal simply because we are human and you telling us to sit down and shut up is a form of oppression.
Here's what I want:
*respect all humans
*equal pay based on ability and knowledge, not on sex organs
*keep your hands to yourself, unless given permission
*let each human decide what is best for their body (I mean come on, we have all kinds of plastic surgery out there and no one bitches about that being mutilation but you want to change your sex organs or you want to abort a baby conceived from rape and everyone is in an uproar. Do NOT tell me that God doesn't make mistakes. You believe that. For the most part, I believe that. But not everyone does! The world is not a Christian planet. This country is not a Christian country. We have freedom to choose our religion and we have a separation of church and state. Keep your opinions to yourself OR start taking in everyone who is pregnant from rape/incest, take care of them (physically and mentally,) and then take care of their child when it's born.)
That is all!
*yes I'm calling this a rant- many of you think my generation does nothing more than whine so why not rant while we're at it?
** my thoughts on abortion ** I HATE the thought of abortion being used as birth control. BUT I know that there are cases when it is necessary- rape, incest, the baby is dying or terminally ill. There are exceptions to my rule HOWEVER this is my "rule" or opinion. I CANNOT force my opinion on others. As much as it breaks my heart to think of healthy babies being killed because their mother and father (this is a 2 way street) didn't use protection it is NOT my place to make a decision that will effect the rest of THEIR LIVES!
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